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Health bosses say a planned one-hour strike by nurses on Wednesday is unlawful.
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Budget 2023: What’s already been announced and where is the money going?
The Government will reveal Budget 2023 today - what has already been announced?
Analysis: Climate disasters hurt some NZ businesses more than others
Weather disaster analysis raises need for needs-based recovery packages, not blanket ones.
Cyclone recovery package: Councils, Opposition react
Cyclone Gabrielle's devastation is still being felt across NZ - but now there is hope.
Ngāti Porou say failure to act on forestry slash inquiry not an option
Iwi leader Selwyn Parata wants action, not more kōrero.
Tairāwhiti residents thankful for forestry after cyclone damage
It follows a report into the devastation caused by slash during Cyclone Gabrielle.
Govt announces new classrooms, schools ahead of Budget 2023 reveal
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins delivered the news at a Wellington school this morning.
More classrooms to be built; poll shows coalition likely election outcome
PM Chris Hipkins and Education Minister Jan Tinetti are expected to make the announcement.
Gisborne mayor blasts land-use inquiry report critical of council, commissioners recommended
The report has brought an intense and swift reaction from Gisborne District Council.
The slash report: Call for halt to production forestry in erosion zones
A report says there are just 5-10 years to "turn this environmental disaster around".
Labour minister's shock defection to Māori Party touted as turning point for election
It comes as Te Pāti Māori threatens to take another seat off Labour.
Kiri Allan speaks on Meka Whaitiri meeting; waka-jumping law not triggered
The bombshell news was confirmed by Meka Whaitiri this morning.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Relocating Te Karaka needs 50 per cent support of the community - Willie Te Aho
Marae to be moved to higher ground but still on Rangatira land title.
Local Focus: CrossFit pair qualify for Brisbane championship
Gisborne master athletes, Debbie Hutchings and Tamera Nelson, prove age is just a number.
Teen hunters, 15, missing in East Coast forest found
The two boys had not returned from a hunting trip.
Local Focus: Isolated and alone while losing his legs
Gisborne resident Josh Grant talks about his lonely brush with death.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tourists 'key' to rebooting economy, council's multimillion-dollar weekly roading spend
Documents have revealed more of the cost of Cyclone Gabrielle and the recovery phase.
Flood damage: How and where we build needs to change
OPINION: It is clear the risk of damage from climate change has increased in recent years.
Fake raffle sees father-daughter duo sentenced for crayfish poaching ring
The pair netted over $43,000 in illegal sales using fake permits
Wine and dine for a good cause: Chefs and winemakers team up for cyclone relief
Auckland's Andiamo, Wellington's Shed 5 and Queenstown's Jervois Steak House are involved.
Family brings in psychic to find Joseph Ahuriri
Whānau of missing Gisborne man seek psychic's power to locate him.
Cyclone Gabrielle damage to Tairāwhiti farms estimated at $80m
Survey reveals the cost of recovery is more than the region can bear without support.
Dave Letele’s diary of the devastation and sense of hopelessness in rural communities
Community advocate Dave Letele goes into the heart of the devastated regions.
Investigations extended to scrutinise Cyclone Gabrielle forestry slash
Investigators looking at Cyclone Hale damage now considering effects of Gabrielle.
Trucking hell: Driver stalls as road gives way beneath wheels cutting off community
Mainfreight truck is stuck on a collapsed road northwest of Gisborne, forcing its closure.
750 buildings condemned after January floods, Cyclone Gabrielle
Hundreds of buildings have been red-stickered and thousands yellow or white-stickered.
Editorial: Destiny leader’s weather eye for an opportunity
OPINION: Our editorial on a novel explanation for extreme weather.
‘It took all our resources’: Firefighter describes three-hour battle in flood-ravaged city
About 35 firefighters fought the inferno which forced residents to evacuate temporarily.
Slash inquiry: Forestry boss says Nash’s industry ties could be ‘impediment’
Stuart Nash says the scale of the debris is "completely unacceptable".
Cyclone Gabrielle: National candidates fight to widen slash inquiry
The party is ramping up efforts to get Hawke's Bay into the forestry slash inquiry.
Emergency finance issue shows law not fit for purpose
The Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act is under fire again.
Pākōwhai home and business owners continue cleaning up after the destruction
Police also made 24 arrests in the Eastern District, 14 in Hawke's Bay, 10 in Tairāwhiti.
Opinion: Why Cyclone Gabrielle warnings went unheeded
OPINION: Public relations expert says alerting the public is harder than it looks.
Cyclone Gabrielle worsens Gisborne’s housing crisis
More than 170 houses red or yellowed stickered in a city desperately short of housing.